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KEY MOMENT: With the Dodgers' deficit down to 10-7, Chris Withrow served up a back-breaking three-run home run to Paul Goldschmidt with two outs in the seventh inning. The Diamondbacks added another run in the inning when Gerardo Parra doubled off Chris Perez to drive in Ender Inciarte. That increased the Diamondbacks' lead to 14-7. AT THE PLATE: Yasiel Puig hit his ninth home run, a mammoth two-run shot in the third inning that extended his career-long hitting streak to 16 games. The Dodgers closed the gap to 9-7 with a five-run sixth inning that included a three-run home run by Carl Crawford and a pinch-hit, two-run double by Andre Ethier. ON THE MOUND: Jamey Wright, who...

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